GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |